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say hello to Weekend Watchlist, delivered to subscribers’ in-boxes every Friday

Fri, Jan 07, 2022
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In which I hope to save you from endlessly scrolling Netflix, Amazon, and other VOD services and point you to the best new films and hidden gems to stream.

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please review ‘Cultural Artifacts’ if you’ve read it!

Sun, Jul 11, 2021
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Reviews on Amazon, Goodreads, and anywhere else that sells ebooks really do help. Plus: A teaser from the book to tempt those who haven’t bought a copy yet. (Also: The serial science fiction project I’ve teased a few times is about to launch!)

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behold the spruced-up FlickFilosopher.com

Sat, May 29, 2021
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As you may have noticed, things are looking a lot fresher round these parts in the last few days…

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Nomadland movie review: ain’t that America

Thu, May 06, 2021
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Come on down for a gen-u-ine American dystopia at the crossroads of end-of-empire and late-stage capitalism. Chloé Zhao’s outsider’s eye is hugely sympathetic but unhindered by knee-jerk patriotism.

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The Platform (El hoyo) movie review: bold and bitter food for thought

Mon, Mar 30, 2020
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This sci-fi dreadfest immerses you into a shocking mystery, punches you in the gut, then grips you with a wisdom that transcends its obviousness, daring you to deny that its open savagery is our own.

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movie-related flash-fiction freebie: “Disney Dystopia”

Mon, Sep 02, 2019
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“Hey, so you wanna go to the disneys tonight?”

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Tolkien movie review: it doesn’t wander, but it’s lost

Wed, May 08, 2019
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This infuriatingly reductive biopic of the Hobbit author renders him as stolid and dull, and removes all the mystery and the wonder from creative inspiration. Literal-minded and free of magic.

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curated: Amazon doesn’t have to mention its name anymore…

Thu, Nov 23, 2017
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…it’s that ubiquitous.

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curated: forget HBO’s ‘Confederate’…

Wed, Aug 02, 2017
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Amazon’s Black America is the alt-history show we need…

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Another Mother’s Son movie review: punching Nazis, mom style

Thu, Mar 23, 2017
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Not alt-history but a true story from a Nazi-occupied English-speaking place, a hugely relevant reminder that resistance to injustice is an absolute imperative.

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